Possess
Definition of Possess
Pos`sess´ | v. t. | 1. | To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold. | | 2. | To have the legal title to; to have a just right to; to be master of; to own; to have; as, to possess property, an estate, a book.I am yours, and all that I possess. - Shak. | | 3. | To obtain occupation or possession of; to accomplish; to gain; to seize. | | 4. | To enter into and influence; to control the will of; to fill; to affect; - said especially of evil spirits, passions, etc. | | 5. | To put in possession; to make the owner or holder of property, power, knowledge, etc.; to acquaint; to inform; - followed by of or with before the thing possessed, and now commonly used reflexively. |
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